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General & SystemicSevere
Gangrene
Vascular Surgery · General & Systemic
Severe
Severity
Uncommon but a serious complication seen predominantly in diabetics and those with severe peripheral arterial disease
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Vascular Surgery
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Most commonly results from severely compromised blood flow due to peripheral arterial disease
- 2diabetes-related vascular and nerve damage
- 3or a blood clot cutting off circulation. Serious bacterial infections
- 4deep wounds
- 5frostbite
- 6and severe trauma that damages blood vessels can also cause gangrene by depriving tissue of oxygen. Risk factors include diabetes
- 7smoking
- 8obesity
- 9immunosuppression
- 10and untreated peripheral arterial disease.
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